Yes, the subsidy probe and all its attention is a welcome development. But I’m not too enthusiastic about the outcome bearing in mind how the outcome of similar probes has gone!

Looking at the fate which befell previous investigative reports unearthing misdeeds in some critical sectors of our national economy for lack of implementation, it is not unlikely that the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel subsidy management report may also go down the drain.

OSOGBO—Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, whose slain Principal Private Secretary, Mr Olaitan Oyerinde, was buried in his home town, Ede, Osun State, yesterday, said he was brutally murdered by yet-to-be-identified gun- men because of the inability of the assailants to eliminate him (Oshiomhole).

What does late Papa Obafemi Awolowo have in common today with members of the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunna Lidawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Northern Governors Forum, NGF, members of the South South Governors, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Tunde Bakare – the list could go on?

It was a fitting closure be fore the 10th remembrance anniversary of 9/11. The killing, on Wednesday, May 1, 2011, of Osama Bin Laden, just four months before the month of September, marked what President Barrack Obama of the United States described as “a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people”.

Former national chairman, Justice Party (JP), and NADECO chieftain, Chief Ralph Obioha in this interview says President Goodluck should stick with the promise he made in Kaduna during his 2011 campaign drive and not run come 2015. He says the number one citizen should focus on tackling the immediate problems of power supply, joblessness and security instead of pursuing the issue of another term.

The next general election is three years away but many are begining to draw inference on the line of argument of Mr President that he is still serving his first term. One Cyracus Njoku, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abuja Municipal Area Council, had approached an Abuja High Court to stop Jonathan from contesting in 2015, alleging that he is running his second term in office.

Whether President Goodluck Jonathan will run or not looks like an open-ended question. Who becomes the next occupant of Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja in 2015 is generating weird calculations among political power mongers when the incumbent has stayed barely one year out of four.

Nigerians from different walks of life have reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan’s s perceived econd tenure bid. While some were of the opinion that he should be given a chance to perform, others are saying that this present administration is suffering many challenges which he has not been able to control. Sothere is no guarantee that he will do better if given the second chance.

THERE is something that is used in identifying every country of the world. This identification mark is, however, more possible with countries that are homogenous in composition. But on the contrary, in heterogeneous countries like Nigeria, it is very difficult to lay claims to such items of referencing or something of a commonality with which to say, yes, here comes, Nigeria.

The newspapers, magazines, radio and television have been awash with the speculation about President Jonathan’s state of mind with regard to whether or not he is again running in 2015. That’s three years away, but near enough for Nigerians to read his lips and hear all the body language.

ON World Press Freedom Day in Nigeria, there was no press statement from the various media groups in the country. There were no rallies, conferences or visitations by the journalists or media groups. When the press releases came, they were late.

GENERAL Andrew Azazi’s speech at the just concluded South-South Economic summit was spot on. Albeit too many analysts and political masquerades have tried to deconstruct the speech into components that suit their selfish political objectives, the keynote of the NSA was clear – that political discontent engendered by the outcome of the 2011 presidential elections, created conducive nesting environment for the escalation of the Boko Haram Jihad.

THE Theme of today’s May Day celebration in Nigeria, “Right to work, Food and Education: Panacea to Insecurity”, would not have come at a better time. But beyond speeches and rallies, there is growing frustration among workers that labour leaders in the country are fast abandoning them to their fate in abuses and victimisation by employers.

IT is May Day. As usual Nigerian workers will join their counterparts worldwide to organize rallies, essentially protest rallies to draw attention to issues of interest to the working class.